Job Summary
Ward 515 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, and passionate Sister/Charge Nurse to help lead our nursing team. In this pivotal role, you will guide the day to day running of a busy Respiratory ward, ensuring safe, smooth, and high quality care for every patient.
We're looking for a confident leader who thrives in a fast paced environment and enjoys the challenge of Respiratory medicine. You'll be a visible role model, bringing together strong clinical expertise and compassionate leadership to create an outstanding ward culture for both staff and patients.
Our team is committed to building a positive, supportive environment where safety, quality, and wellbeing come first. Staff and patient feedback actively shape how we grow, improve, and deliver exceptional experiences. If you're motivated by excellence and aligned with our Trust Values, we'd love you to be part of our journey.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
The post holder is responsible for upholding NMC professional standards and ensuring highquality, patientcentred care. They will regularly lead the ward or a defined group of patients, coordinating holistic care plans and supporting the overall organisation of the practice setting. Acting as deputy to the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, they provide leadership in their absence and help develop wardmanagement skills within the team. The role includes setting and monitoring clinical standards, contributing to audit, quality, and riskmanagement initiatives, and actively supporting education by mentoring, teaching, and supervising students and staff across all levels.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register
Desirable
- Health care management / leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting / Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
- Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
- Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
- Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
- Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
- Demonstrable ability, experience, passion in the following:
oLeadership
oTeam Building
oManaging resources
oTime management
oRole modelling
oChange management / clinical developments
oClinical governance
oAudit and research
oWorkforce planning / management
oNHS policy and political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Approachable and friendly
- Supportive
- Flexible
- Well organised
- Effective communicator
- Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
- Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
- Ability to inspire and lead a team
- Ability to work flexible shift pattern, where required to include rotation to day /night duty and unsocial hours according to service need (E )
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Aileen Molesworth
[email protected]01213715153
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1101712
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 Sister or Charge Nurse JD PS .pdf – 517KB Opens in a new window